يَسعى إِلَيَّ مُقَرطَقٌ في كَفِّهِ

يَسعى إِلَيَّ مُقَرطَقٌ في كَفِّهِ

كَأسٌ وَبَينَ جُفونِهِ كَأسانِ

كَأسٌ وَبَينَ جُفونِهِ كَأسانِ

A tunic-clad man hastens toward me; in his palm

A sobbing man approaches me, a cup in his palm,

is a cup, and between his eyelids are two cups.

And between his eyelids, two more cups.

وَتَناسَبَت فيهِ بِغَيرِ قَرابَةٍ

وَتَناسَبَت فيهِ بِغَيرِ قَرابَةٍ

كَفَّ المُديرِ وَوَجنَةَ النُدمانِ

كَفَّ المُديرِ وَوَجنَةَ النُدمانِ

And in him, though unrelated, are alike

Though unrelated by blood, they came together in him -

the cupbearer's palm and the drinking companion's cheek.

The palm of the regretful and the cheek of the drunkard.